Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, By Friedrich Linden Hold previously trimmed along the top

previously trimmed along the top and right edges in order to fit a frame

RCAF cap badge

Raban’s Gesundheitsblatt (health paper) carries a stamp that places him in the SS Totenkopf unit guarding the KZ Buchenwald

and Obituary

JOHN THE DIVINE / NEW YORK""

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, By Friedrich Linden Hold previously trimmed along the top(Nahkampfspange in Bronze). Constructed of bronzed zink, the obverse with a national eagle and a bayonet and hand grenade in the centerpiece, with sun rays emanating from the centre of the left and right sides, and with four oak leaves and two acorns on each side, the reverse plain, with a square magnetic back plate, reverse with horizontal banjo style pinback with a barrel hinge and a flat wire catch, marked with logo of maker Friedrich Linden,